Parthasarathy’s latest book “How to Discover Customer Value” is a result of two years of intense research and analysis. He developed India’s first SaaS based software solution to manage apartment complexes that has grown into a mini-vertical. As the current head of the IIMB Alumni Relations function, his office is...
All India Road Trip Hemant Albert Soreng (PGP 1997) or “HAS” as he is fondly called by his IIMB friends and batchmates has set out on a mega six-month-long road trip in his car across the length and breadth of India. He will cover all the 28 states and 7...
Sai Prakash R. Iyer is by no means conventional in any way. He has rich experience from three careers, in completely different streams from each other. His recent book Battle-Ready, is also unique in a lot of ways. Sai has not rushed to meet deadlines and just publish a book,...
Dharma Tej is a second-generation entrepreneur, in the food business. Hamsa Dairy is his endeavor, into the dairy industry. What sets this venture apart from its competitors is the mindset- Hamsa is set out to become a respectful and responsible Dairy. It does not shy away from its responsibility towards...
Dear Alumni, This refers to our efforts to raise funds for naming a classroom after Late Professor C Manohar Reddy. In the past, our alumni had seeded and wholeheartedly supported the naming of two classrooms after iconic faculty members – Late Professors PN Thirunarayana and Vatsala Nagarajan. Prof. C Manohar...
For 2021-22 rankings Bloomberg Businessweek surveyed 119 business schools worldwide. A total of 6,640 students, 12,462 alumni, and 853 employers were surveyed globally. Bloomberg Businessweek released the global ranking of best business schools 2021. In the Asia-Pacific B-Schools ranking, the Indian School of Business has been ranked at the fifth...
HOW TO DISCOVER CUSTOMER VALUE? TOOLS TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS – S Parthasarathy, PGP 1994 About the Book: Introducing the Value Discovery Canvas tool Is there a structured process to develop customer insights that can be shared and brainstormed across teams? If you know what the customer really wants, you...
IIMB FEATURES AMONG TOP B-SCHOOLS IN NIRF 2021 IIM Bangalore has been ranked #2, for the second consecutive year, in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2021, under the Management category. IIMB has scored an overall score of 83.48. The rankings were released virtually by Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of...
Sangeet Paul Choudary shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Award for Strategy Sangeet Paul Choudary, PGP 2006, has been shortlisted for the 2021 Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Award for Strategy. Previous winners include W Chan Kim & Renee Mauborgne, Richard D’Aveni, and Rita McGrath. Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource...
“Entrepreneurs will lead the Indian economy’s transformation”: Manoj Kohli Country Head of SoftBank India addresses one-year MBA students at IIMB on ‘The Next Growth Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs’ Students of the Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP) at IIM Bangalore got lessons in entrepreneurship from Manoj Kohli, Country Head of SoftBank...
The NIRF rankings announced recently invited its usual share of discussion among school WhatsApp groups that have a motley crew of members who have studied across different higher education institutions in India. In my case, the wisdom of middle-age has caught up with many of us and the discussions are usually humorous....
Students Corner The student corner is an exclusive section of Lsquare that brings to you the literary creation, pen-craft, creative content contributed by students. 2020 WITHOUT COVID 19 Remember the day you saw the word “SELECTED” on the IIM Bangalore Merit List. How did you think you would spend your...
The Public Policy Club (PPC) of IIM Bangalore recently had the privilege to host Mr. Tejasvi Surya, for an interactive webinar on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. The topic for the day being- “Management lessons from governance and Role of youth in nation-building”. For the uninitiated, he holds the distinction of...
We got to know of our second pregnancy the same week I decided to turn full-time novelist in 2015. I questioned my decision for the hundredth time. Should I stay in my corporate job longer to cover health-care expenses? Who pursues artistic dreams when they’re pushing 40 with two kids under two years...
It is with sorrow we would like to inform you about the sad demise of alumni Mr. Jasvinder Singh, PGP 2007 batch, on 20th Sep 2021. He was working as a senior manager at Delmia. He was walking with his bike on the road and fell into an under-construction ditch. He...
– Prof. Rahul De and Dr. Abhipsa Pal In the absence of the availability of cash in circulation, and shortage of cash in banks and ATMs, users migrated to the easiest alternative of using mobile money, visible in the sudden spike digital payments and its subsequent growth post-November 2016. Mobile...
– Prof Deepti Ganapathy Communication around the spread and containment of Covid-19 has been affected by several stakeholders. The difference in approach has had different impacts on how it shaped public opinion In the book Making Health Public, the concept of ‘Biomediatizing the 2009 H1N1 Epidemic’ emerges. The authors advance the...
– Prof Allen Prabhaker Ugargol The average senior citizen in India is overly dependent on family and finds themselves in a social milieu that is largely indifferent As a demographic and epidemiological transition sweeps across India, we see that the share of senior citizens as a percentage of the total...
– Prof. A Damodaran Ongoing NFT trend and the authenticity of blockchain can lend a helping hand in rejuvenating traditional art forms such as Kabuki, Chhau and Kutiyattom. There is hope for heritage artwork It is hard to miss the Kabuki Gallery at Japan’s Narita Airport. It is much harder...
– Prof. S Ramesh Kumar The 3D’s of the digital marketing era is the synergy that is offered by the Big , Small and Thick data… This is the era of the Big Data, that involves several aspects of data involving consumer interaction with the brand and social media along with several related...